Spring-hanger for vehicles.



E. GRUBER.

SPRING HANGER FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED- ocr. 9. 1914.

1,200,833. Patented Oct. 10, 1916.'

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD GRUBER, F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE HYDRAULIC PEESSED STEEL COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SPRING-HANGER FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 9, 1914. Serial No. 865,960.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD GRUBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Spring-Hangers for Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to spring hangers for vehicles, such as automobiles, and has for its general object to provide a hanger having special features of construction, whereby it may be effectively and conveniently secured to the rail or side frame of a vehicle and provide a finished end for such rail or .frame.

A further and more limited object of the invention is to secure the foregoing results 'inand through a construction which will be durable, efficient, and economical of production.

More generally stated, the invention may be defined as consisting of the combinations of parts and elements embodied in the claims hereto annexed and illustrated in the drawings forming part hereof, wherein Figure 1 represents a detail in perspective showing my hanger applied to the cooperating end of a rail or side frame of a vehicle; Fig. 2 a perspective View showing the hanger and the cooperating portion of the side frame or rail in separated relation; Fig. 3 a transverse sectional View through the rail and hanger; and Fig. 4 a transverse sectional view through the portion of the hanger that projects beyond the rail or side frame.

Describing by reference characters the various parts illustrated herein, A denotes generally the end portion of a rail or side frame of an automobile. This rail comprises the usual pressed-metal channel having the horizontally extending top and bottom flanges a, a and the intermediate web 01?. As usually assembled, the flanges a and a will project inwardly or toward the central portion of the vehicle frame, the web a providing a finished exterior. It will be observed that the end of the rail or side frame is gradually contracted or tapered.

Cooperating with this end of the side frame is the hanger, the hanger comprising a head (indicated generally at B) and a pair of shank members I), b projecting from the opposite sides Z2 of said head. This head is of usual shape and comprises the depending parallel sides 5 and'a curved transversely extending web 6 It will benoted that shoulders are provided between the shank members 6, b on the one hand and Patented Oct. 10,1916.

the depending sides and the top web of the head .on the other, said shoulders being of substantially the thickness of the metal of the rail or side frame whereby, when the hanger is connected to the rail or side frame, a smooth, finished end will be provided for the latter, the shank members 5, Z) being of the same width as the corresponding spaces between the flanges of the rail or side frame.

Each depending side of the head is provided with an aperture into which there is pressed a bushing b, which bushings are adapted to receive the bolt which extends thplough the eye of the cooperating spring en In my construction, it is proposed to unite the hanger to the cooperating portion of the rail or side frame by a welding operation, as distinguished from riveting, whereby a finished appearance may be secured, and because of the peculiar construction of the hanger, this connection is secured'with a minimum of metal in the hanger. The long shank member 6 is welded at its top and bottom edges to the top and bottom flanges a, a of the rail or side frame, and this operation is preferably performed by an electric welding operation. It will be evident that this operation may be accomplished conlong shank member which positions the latter member conveniently for the welding operation; it also cooperates withthe long shank member, after the latter is Welded in place, in relieving the welded joint of strains, and especially of twisting strains.

By theconstruction described and illustrated herein, it will be evident that I produced a hanger which is not only extremely simple and economical of pr0ductioninvolving a minimum amount of metal in the hanger-but one which cooperates with the end of the rail or side frame to provide a particularly neat and finished appearance.

be welded to said rail or side frame.

2. A spring hanger or support comprising a l ead having a pair of shank members projet-ting therefrom combined with a rail or side frame adapted to receive one of said shank members with its opposed edges engaging the said rail or side frame whereby it may be welded to said rail or side frame.

3. A hanger comprising a head having a pair of shank membersprojecting therefrom, combined with a channel shaped rail or side f 'ame, one of said shank members being flt ted within the rail or side frame against the web thereof and the top and bottom edges of the other shank member being weld ed to the flanges of said rail or side frame.

4:. A hangercomprising a head having a pair of shank members of unequal length projecting therefrom combined with a channel-shapedrail or side frame, the shorter of said shank members being fitted within the rail or side frame against the web thereof and the top and bottom edges of the longer shank member being welded to the flanges of said rail or side frame.

5. A hanger comprising a head having a pair of shank members projecting therefrom, there being shoulders provided between said shank members and said head, and a channel shaped rail adapted to receive therewithin the shank members and to abut against said shoulders to form a smooth and finished joint with the hanger head, one of said shank members bridging the space between the flanges of the rail and adapted to rest against the web of said rail and the other shank member being welded at its edges to the flanges of the rail.

6. A hanger comprising a head having a pair of shank members projecting therefrom, there being shoulders provided between said shank members and said head, and a channel shaped rail adapted to receive therewithin the shank members and to abut against said shoulders to form a smooth and finished joint with the hanger head, one of said shank members adapted to rest againstthe web of said rail and the other shank member extending across the space between the flanges, one of said shank members being united to the rail.

7. A hanger comprising a head and a pair of laterally spaced shank members projecting therefrom, one of said members being longer than the other and said shank members being laterally spaced, combined with a channel-shaped rail or side frame receiving therewithin the shank members with the short shank member in substantial contact with the channel web and bridging the space between the flanges thereof and the long shank member bridging the space between, the outer ends of the flanges and welded thereto.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a hanger comprising a head and a pair of laterally spaced disconnected shank members projecting therefrom, one of said shank members having opposed edges adapted for welding.

9. Asa new article of manufacture, a hanger comprising a head and a long and a short shank member projecting from said head, said shank members being laterally spaced and the long member being provided with opposed edges whereby it may be welded to opposed portions of a rail or side frame.

10. As a new article of manufacture, a hanger comprising a head having a long and a short shank member projecting therefrom, said members being laterally spaced, there being shoulders provided between said members and the hanger head and the long shank member having edges arranged to engage portions of a rail or side frame and to be welded thereto.

11. As a new article of manufacture, a hanger comprising a head having a pair of shank members projecting therefrom, said members being laterally spaced and there being shoulders provided between said members and the hanger head and one of said shank members having edges whereby it may be welded to a rail or side frame.

12. As a new article of manufacture, a hanger comprising a head having a long and a short shank member projecting therefrom, said shank members being laterally spaced and increasing in width from the hanger head and the long shank member having edges arranged to engage portions of a rail or side frame and to be welded thereto.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD GRUBER.

Witnesses:

G. S. TYLER, T. W. DYER.

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Washington, D. C. 

